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Lexicon :: Strong's G4687 - speirō

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σπείρω
Transliteration
speirō (Key)
Pronunciation
spi'-ro
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably strengthened from σπάω (G4685) (through the idea of extending)
mGNT
53x in 22 unique form(s) TR
53x in 20 unique form(s) LXX
55x in 25 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:536,1065

Strong’s Definitions

†σπείρω speírō, spi'-ro; probably strengthened from G4685 (through the idea of extending); to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively):—sow(- er), receive seed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's G4687 in the following manner: sow (43x), sower (6x), receive seed (4x), variations of 'sow' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's G4687 in the following manner: sow (43x), sower (6x), receive seed (4x), variations of 'sow' (1x).

  1. to sow, scatter, seed

  2. metaph. of proverbial sayings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†σπείρω speírō, spi'-ro; probably strengthened from G4685 (through the idea of extending); to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively):—sow(- er), receive seed.
STRONGS G4687:
σπείρω; (imperfect 2 person singular ἐσπειρες, Matthew 13:27 Tr); 1 aorist ἔσπειρα; passive, present σπείρομαι; perfect passive participle ἐσπαρμενος; 2 aorist ἐσπάρην; (derived from the quick, jerky, motion of the hand; cf. our spurn (of the foot); Curtius, § 389); from Hesiod down; the Sept. for זָרַע; to sow, scatter seed;
a. properly: absolutely, Matthew 6:26; Matthew 13:3f, 18; Mark 4:3f, 14; Luke 8:5; Luke 12:24; (John 5:36f (see in b.)); 2 Corinthians 9:10; with an accusative of the thing, as σπέρμα ζιζάνια, κόκκον (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 5): Matthew 13:24f (but in 25 L T Tr WH have ἐπέσπειρεν), 27,37,39; Mark 4:32: Luke 8:5; 1 Corinthians 15:36f; with specifications of place: εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:18; ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, Matthew 13:24 (31); ἐπί τῆς γῆς. Mark 4:31; ἐπί with an accusative of place, Matthew 13:20, 23; Mark 4:16, 20; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Matthew 13:19.
b. in proverbial sayings: absolutely, Matthew 25:24, 26; Luke 19:21; John 4:37; 2 Corinthians 9:6; τί, Galatians 6:7 (on these sayings see θερίζω, b.). in comparisons: σπρίειν εἰς τήν σάρκα, εἰς τό πνεῦμα (σάρξ and πνεῦμα are likened to fields to be sown), to do those things which satisfy the nature and promptings of the σάρξ or of the πνεῦμα, Galatians 6:8; τόν λόγον, to scatter the seeds of instruction, i. e. to impart instruction, Mark 4:14f; ὁ λόγος, ὁ ἐσπαρμενος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, the ideas and precepts that have been implanted like seed in their hearts, i. e. received in their hearts, Mark 14:15 (here Tr text WH εἰς αὐτούς into their hearts T L marginal reading ἐν αὐτοῖς); οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ παρά τήν ὁδόν σπαρείς, this one experiences the fate of the seed sown by the wayside, Matthew 13:19; add, 20-23; Mark 4:16, 18, 20. τό σῶμα, the body, which after death is committed like seed to the earth, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44; καρπόν δικαιοσύνης, i. e. that seed which produces καρπόν δικαιοσύνης (see καρπός, 2 b.), James 3:18; σπείρειν τίνι τί, to give, manifest, something to one, from whom we may subsequently receive something else akin to a harvest (θερίζομεν), 1 Corinthians 9:11. (Compare: διασπείρω, ἐπισπείρω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:26; 13:3; 13:18; 13:19; 13:19; 13:20; 13:20-23; 13:22; 13:23; 13:24; 13:24; 13:27; 25:24; 25:26
Mark
4:3; 4:14; 4:14; 4:16; 4:16; 4:18; 4:18; 4:20; 4:20; 4:31; 4:32; 14:15
Luke
8:5; 8:5; 12:24; 19:21
John
4:37; 5:36
1 Corinthians
9:11; 15:36; 15:42; 15:43; 15:44
2 Corinthians
9:6; 9:10
Galatians
6:7; 6:8
James
3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4687 matches the Greek σπείρω (speirō),
which occurs 53 times in 42 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:4 - As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 - The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:22 - The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:37 - He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:39 - and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24 - “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:26 - “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:3 - “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:4 - As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:14 - The farmer sows the word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:15 - Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:16 - Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:18 - Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:5 - “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 - Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:21 - I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22 - “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:36 - Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:37 - Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:11 - If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:37 - When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 - So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:43 - it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:44 - it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 - Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10 - Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:7 - Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:8 - Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:18 - Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
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